Domains are used in China — How two-number
Kassey Lee studies how two-digit domains are being used.
Recently, I was curious regarding how numeric domains are used in corporate China. So, I checked those .com from 1 to 100 and found the following domains by now developed by end users in China.
| Domain | Business field | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 17.com | car sales | no |
| 19.com | sports(?) | no |
| 20.com | domains | no |
| 28.com | business franchise | no |
| 35.com | domains | business affairs |
| 37.com | games | no |
| 49.com | info portal | no |
| 51.com | games | no |
| 54.com | games | no |
| 56.com | video portal | no |
| 58.com | info portal | no |
| 60.com | blockchain | no |
| 61.com | games | no |
| 62.com | domains | no |
| 65.com | games | no |
| 67.com | entertainment | no |
| 81.com | venture capital | no |
| 91.com | search engine | no |
| 95.com | info portal | no |
| 98.com | properties | no |
| 99.com | games | no |
| 100.com | education | 100% score |
The result indicates 23 of the 100 domains are used in corporate China, and the most popular application is games (6 out of 23 domains).
Most of the domains have no meaning, with the exceptions of 35.com and 100.com. 35 rhymes with Shang Wu (商务=business affairs) which is found in the tag line of 35.com. 100 suggests 100% score in online learning.
Three domains are used to provide domain-related services: 20.com, 35.com, and 62.com. Of particular interest to domain investors is 20.com, whose marketplace features many numeric domains with BIN prices. So, check this marketplace if you are interested in knowing prices of numeric domains being sold in China.
Note that 19.com seems to be a sports site but I could not confirm it since I was not able to enter the website due to a geo location restriction.
So, this study shows that very short numeric domains can be sold to Chinese end users without having to worry regarding whether they have meanings or not.
